Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-08
THE PARRICIDE.
An Legitimate Ofspring's Con
3 fession. III

He Murders His Father and Mother in !
Frenzy E,sfore the Bar Of Justice the Cul-
orit Tells How He Was Spurned and
Abandoned. Us zt5
Translated for The Cincinnati ENQUIRER from, the
French OF Guy de Maupassant by q. e. Wag.
gener.] 81 u $500
The advocate had pleaded insanity.
How otherwise explain the strange
crne' They found them one morn
ing. two corpses, clasped in each
others arms, and lying in the marsh
near Citation, carried there by the
seine-this man and woman, rich, well
known. in the prime of life. and mar
red only the preceding year, though
1t the, time OF the marriage the wife
lad been a widow more than three
years. No one knew of them having
any enemies, and they had certainly
1ot been robbed. It looked as if they
might have been thrown into the river
rom a passing barge, after having
oeen struck and stoned or killed with
:ome sort of sharp :rou instrument.
The inquest had =. .#r -.'
FAILED TO DEVELOP
4 clew. and the boatmon of the nei CHI
oorilood, though closely interrogated,
knew nothing either. The inquiry was
about to be abandoned as useless, when
young carpenter from an adjoining
village BY the name of Georges Louis,
ncknamed 'Le Bourgeois came into
Chaton and gave himself up as the
murderer. 1:@.
To all their questioning, however, he
only replied that he had known the
man for two years, the woman for six
months; they were customers OF his and
frequently came to him to have antique
furniture repaired, because he was
known to be exceedingly skillful at the
work.
And your reason for killing them?,'
''Simplv because wanted to kill
;hem,' and they were unable to draw
from him another word.
'AAo r. h>oi''' o3lN WIG VlllttSSe SOS-
sips, was d natural child. put out to
nurse and then abandoned hut wheth-
er he was or not he had no other name
than Georges Louis. or Le Bourgeois,
title ironically bestowed upon him by
his comrades because of his rare inteli-
gence and native refinement so out of
Keeping with their own tastes and his
surroundings. He was certainly re-
markedly adriot at the work of ioinerv,
the trade he had adopted He also
carevd little in wood, aud was known
to be an ardent partisan of Communis-
tic doctrines, perhaps even a Nihilist,
an unsuitable reader Of romantic adven-
lures and bloody dramas. and ready
speaker at the public meetings of work
men and peasants. Such was the his
tory Of Georges Louis, a murder by his
own confession, at the time the trial
opened. 49,
The advocate, as stated at the out
set, had pleaded insanity. 1t was the
only possible explanation Of the crime,
and OF the fact that this workman had
killed two OF his best patrons, wealthy
and liberal to fault in ali their deal
ings with him, for he had admitted
having done for them a great deal OF
expensive work in the past few months,
and for no reason at all save that he
wanted to kill tkem-'' Yes, insanity
was undoubtedly the cause of it. The
fixed idea of strange, irresponsible
being to avenge himself upon individ-
uals. for his hatred of the mass showed
itself in every detail Of this uncalled-
for murder and the advocate made a
sk!llful aliusion in support of his theory
to the name LIE Bourgeois, bestowed by
his comrades upon the abandoned one.
ut is not a sarcasme'' he cried, "a
sarcasm calculated to excite still more
this unfortunate youth, this child with
oct father and without mother, this en-
thusiaslie republican. as he was known
to be? Perhaps he was more than this
perhaps he was q. member Of the
poLt cal party that until the present
time was y 2# Eth < IL. : :s
a TREATED TO BULLETS,
Dag,yer-thrnsts and sentences to trans
portation for life--a party in which
arson is principle and murderer a
a simple means. These doctrines, as
now proclaimed in open meeting. have
destroyed. this man. He has listened
to red-handed republicans, to wome n
even---yes messieurs. to women cry
ing for the life Of Gambetta, for the
life of Grevy, until his mind has be-
come upset, his reasons dethroned and
he has thirsted for blood--yes, for
blood. But it is not upon him that the
. blame should be laid; It is not he upon
whom condemnation should fall--it is
the Commune the Commune that is
the cause of all !''$ @& 5%2 #5 3# y : H. t.ss
AS the advocate concluded lnnrmur
of applause ran through the Court
room. Every one felt that he had won
his cause. and the Prosecuting Attor-
nev attempted no reply. .l
Accused, = said the Judge at last. adj
<,Tessing the customary question to the
PRISONER, accused have you ought to
say In your defence ~ S 5s2 y
The prisoner, ID small man in statue,
white as linen, and with eyes gray,
clear and intelligent, rose to his feet,
the strong and sonorous voice, coming
from SO frail q body. changing at once
the opinion that had been formed OF
him. He spoke loudly, with delibera-
ton and dicision, and SO distinctly that
his slightest word nlade itself audible
to the farthest end 5of the mammoth
hall. 5S51 s 3s3
Mons, Preside 4 said he, ssas I do
not wish to go into q house for fools or
madmen, but u y 81
PREFER THE GTfIL
81 will tell you every thing. i killed this
man and this Wonaala. as e ve ready
admitted, and killed them because they
We're my father and my mother. Nov,
listen to me and judi e me. Once upon
time and not long . 90. Il woman gave
birth TO ID son and sent him away TO be
nursed, knowing only into what coun-I